Senate roll call 253 · 29th Congress · Aug 8, 1846
On consenting to the nomination of nathaniel m. Lowney to be collector of customs for the district and inspector of revenue for the port of belfast in the state
On Aug 8, 1846, the Senate voted 19–24. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–3, Others 0–21. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 29th Congress (1845–1846), James K. Polk was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Aug 8, 1846
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 21 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL voted no
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS voted no
- Simon Cameron D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Chester Ashley D-AR
- John Milton Niles D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Semple D-IL
- Sidney Breese D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Fairfield D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson D-NY
- John Adams Dix D-NY
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- George Mcduffie D-SC
- Hopkins Lacy Turney D-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- James Diament Westcott Jr. D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- James Turner Morehead O-KY
- Alexander Barrow O-LA
- Henry Johnson O-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- George Evans O-ME
- William Woodbridge O-MI
- Joseph Williams Chalmers D-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Joseph Cilley O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Thomas Corwin O-OH
- Simon Cameron D-PA
- Albert Collins Greene O-RI
- Spencer Jarnagin O-TN
- William Segar Archer O-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby D-AL
- Dixon Hall Lewis D-AL
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Walter Terry Colquitt D-GA
- Edward Allen Hannegan D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Jesse Speight D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Haywood Jr. D-NC
- Benning Wentworth Jenness D-NH
- Levi Woodbury D-NH
- William Lewis Dayton O-NJ
- James Fowler Simmons O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Daniel Elliott Huger D-SC
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D-VA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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